''Lethe latiaris '', the pale forester, is a species of
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
butterfly found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
[ Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225.]
Subspecies
*'' L. l. latiaris'' Sikkim - Assam, Karens, Yunnan
*''L. l. perimela ''
Fruhstorfer, 1911 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
Synonym
*''L. l. lishadii''
Huang, 2002 S E Tibet was synonymized for nominate race by Yoshino 2022
*''L. unistigma''
Lee, 1996 Yunnan was synonymized for nominate race by Yoshino 2022
References
* 2022: Descriptions of new subspecies of Delias lativitta, Melitaea agar, and Issoria altissima from China and changes in the status of the genera Aporia and Lethe from China and Vietnam. Butterfly Science 22:78 - 91
latiaris
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
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